Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] us [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But which left us hungry and empty now . |
| 2 | The laws legalising homosexuality were a typical example of benign British hypocrisy , but they left us unprepared for much of the debate that would follow a then unforeseeable epidemic . |
| 3 | ‘ We rang your own number but they gave us this one … |
| 4 | But he gave us that there . |
| 5 | He could no longer explain to us what was going to happen next , but he gave us complete carte blanche to explore and question as we pleased , and suggested that we begin by taking a look at the burial-cliffs , about a mile away from the Rante , where the king 's body would be interred . |
| 6 | He did not mention the patients charter , but he gave us some other insights into his approach to the problems . |
| 7 | These have now been cleaned up , but it took us some time to cope with this disgraceful state of affairs … the condition of these children , and the behaviour of many of the mothers , has completely dissipated the goodwill and welcome accorded to them by the Welsh people , whose hospitality is proverbial . |
| 8 | But it cost us thirty seven pound a month . |
| 9 | True that the railway did not invent much of this beauty , but it gave us new vistas of it . |
| 10 | ‘ But what annoyed us most is Downey could have made a phone call to us . |